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High Water Mark

Gettysburg, United States

(Viewer's Left Side Page):<center>High Water Mark of the Rebellion This Copse of Trees was the Landmark toward which Longstreet's assault was directed July 3, 1863. The Assaulting Column was comprised of Kemper's, Garnett's, and Armistead's Brigades of Pickett's Division, Archer's, Davis', Pettigrew's & Brockenbrough's Brigades of Heth's Division and Scales' and Lane's Brigades of Pender's Division. Supported on the right by Wilcox' and Perry's Brigades of Anderson's Division; on the left by Thomas' and McGowan's Brigades of Pender's Division; and in the rear by Wright's, Posey's & Mahone's Brigades of Anderson's Division, and assisted by the following artillery: Cabell's Battalion consisting of Manly's, Fraser's, McCarthy's and Carlton's Batteries Alexander's Battalion, Woolfolk's, Jordan's, Gilbert's, Moody's, Parker's & Taylor's Batteries Eshleman's Battalion, Squire's, Richardson's, Miller's, & Norcom's Batteries, Dearing's Battalion, Stribling's, Caskie's, Macon's, & Blount's Batteries, Cutts' Battalion, Ross's, Patterson's and Wingfield's Batteries, Pegram's Battalion, McGraw's, Zimmerman's, Brander's, Marye's & Crenshaw Battery, McIntosh's Battalion, Rice's, Hurt's, Wallace's & Johnson's Batteries Carter's Battalion, Reese's, Carter's, Page's, and Fry's Batteries, Brown's Battalion, Watson's, Smith's, Cunningham's & Griffin's Batteries.</center> (Viewer's Right Side Page):<center>Repulse of Longstreet's Assault. Longstreet's Assault was repulsed by Webb's, Hall's, & Harlow's Brigades of Gibbon's Division Second Army Corps; Smyth's & Willard's Brigades and portions of Carroll's Brigade of Hays' Division Second Army Corps; and the first Massachusetts Sharp-shooters (Unattached) Portions of Rowley's and Stannard's Brigades of Doubleday's Division First Army Corps; Hazard's Second Corps Artillery Brigade, consisting of Woodruff's, Arnold's, Cushing's, Brown's, and Rorty's Batteries assisted on the right by Hill's, Edgell's, Eakin's, Bancroft's, Dilger's & Taft's Batteries On Cemetery Hill; and on the left by by Cowan's, Fitzhugh's, Parsons', Wheeler's, Thomas's, Daniels' & Sterling's Batteries and McGilvery's Artillery Brigade, Consisting of Thompson's, Phillips', Hart's, Cooper's, Dow's, & Ames' Batteries, And by Hazlett's Battery on Little Round Top, and supported by Doubleday's Division of the First Army Corps which was in position on the immediate left of the troops assaulted. The Third Army Corps moved up to within supporting distance on the left, and Robinson's Division of the First Army Corps moved into position to support the right.</center> (Lower Front Plaque):<center>Commands Honored. in recognition of the patriotism and gallantry displayed by their respective troops who met or assisted to repulse Longstreet's Assault the following states have contributed to erect this tablet Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Michigan and Minnesota.</center> (Left Side):<center> Infantry Commands which met Longstreet's Assault. Second Corps. (Hancock's), Second Division (Gibbon's). The First Brigade, Harrow's, was composed of the 19th Maine, 15th Massachusetts, 1st Minnesota, and 82d New York Regiments. Second Brigade, Webb's, 69th, 71st, 72d and 106th Pennsylvania. Third Brigade, Hall's, 19th and 20th Massachusetts, 42d and 59th New York and 7th Michigan. United States Sharpshooters. First Regiment, Companies A,B,D,H New York; C,I,K (detached) Mich.; E, N.H.; F, Vt.; G, Wis. Second Regiment, Companies A, Minn.; B, Mich.; C, Penn.; D, Maine; E,H, Vt.; F,G, N.H. First Co. Mass. Sharpshooters - Second Co. Minn. Sharpshooters. Third Division, Hays' First Brigade, Carroll's 8th Ohio. Second Brigade, Smyth's 14th Connecticut, 1st Delaware, 12th New Jersey, 108th New York, and 10th New York Battalion. Third Brigade, Willard's, 39th 111th, 125th, and 126th New York. First Army Corps, Newton's, Third Division, Doubleday's First Brigade, Rowley's, 80th New York and the 151st Pennsylvania. Third Brigade, Stannard's 13th, 14th, and 16th Vermont. Assisted by the artillery, the 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry and Co's. D and K, 6th New York Cavalry</center> (Right Side):<center>Infantry Commands in Longstreet's Charging Column. Pickett's Division. Kember's Va. Brigade. - 1st, 3rd, 7th, 11th, & 24th Regiments. Garnett's Va. Brigade. - 8th, 18th, 19th, 28th, & 56th Regiments. Armistead's Ba. Brigade. 9th, 14th, 38th, 53rd & 57th Regiments. Heth's Division. Archer's Tenn. Brigade. - 13th Ala., 5th Ala. Batt., 1st, 7th & 14th Tenn. Regiments. Davis's Miss. Brigade. - 2d, 11th, 42d, Miss. & 55th N.C. Regiments. Pettigrew's N.C. Brigade. - 11th, 26th, 44th, 47th & 52nd Regiments. Brockenbrough's Va. Brigade. - 40th, 47th, 55th Regiments. 22d Battalion. Pender's Division. Lane's North Carolina Brigade. - 7th, 18th, 28th, 33d & 37th Regiments. Sacles' North Carolina Brigade. - 13th, 16th, 22nd, 34th & 38th Regiments.</center> (Back):<center>Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association Organized April 30, 1864 Directors 1895 Governor Daniel H. Hastings, President Colonel Charles H. Buehler, Vice Preseident Calvin Hamilton, Secretary J. Lawrence Schick, Treasurer John B. Bachelder - Brevet Major Gen. George S. Greene - Captain H.W. McKnight - John M. Vanderslice Colonel George C. Briggs - First Lieut. C.E. Goldsborough - Major Gen. Daniel E. Sickles - Brevet Brig. Gen. Lewis Wagner Brevet Major Gen. Joseph B. Carr - Brevet Major Chill W. Hazard - Major Gen. Henry W. Slocum - Brevet Major Gen. Alex S. Webb Major Gen. S.W. Crawford - Jacob A. Kitzmiller - Captain Frank D. Sloat - Brevet Lieut. Col. Charles Young Brigadier Gen. Lucius W. Fairchild - John C. Linehan - Samuel McC. Swope - Brevet Lieut. Col. John P. Nicholson Brevet Major Gen. D. McM. Gregg - Captain Edward McPherson - Colonel Wheelock C. Veazey</center>

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